Jeff and the others, who attempted to kidnap Catherine, were brought back to Lübeckburg, where they were imprisoned in the dungeons of Lübeckburg awaiting trial, and the originally pleasant hunt was over, and when Arold and the Earl of Lübeck returned to the castle, it was already noon, and looking at the end of the day, Arold told the Earl of Lübeck that he should leave Lübeck the next morning.

"How many more days will you stay?" The hospitable Earl of Lübeck said to Arold.

"Thank you for your hospitality, but I should still go to Ya Yan with my retinue, and I can't keep His Majesty the King waiting too long." Arold said to the Count of Lübeck.

"I'm really sorry, I wanted to entertain the Duke well, but who knew that this kind of thing happened, please rest assured, I will definitely punish these guys who offend the Duke." The Count of Lübeck assured Arrode.

"This is the Earl's internal affairs, and I will not interfere." Arold shrugged his shoulders and said to the Earl of Lübeck.

However, when night fell on Lübeckburg, and Arold was about to rest from the fatigue of the day, there was a knock on his bedroom door.

"Who is it?" Arjod put back on the coat he had just taken off, and asked a little strangely, knowing that there were two swordsmen guarding the doorway, Osvid and Harlan.

"Lord Duke." Osvid opened the door a crack, and a shadow slipped into Arrod's bedroom, and Arold fixed his eyes on the dim light to see that it was Catherine in his room.

"Miss Catherine, what are you doing here at this time?" Arold looked curiously at the niece of the Earl of Lübeck and asked.

"I believe that the Duke with the title of Wise Man should know very well what I mean." Catherine looked at Arold with a smile on her face and said to Arrold.

"Oh, is it for your lover in the dungeon?" Arold sat on a wooden chair, picked up the kettle on the wooden table next to him, and poured a glass of water. Only then did he slowly say to Catherine.

"Of course, Jeff is a reckless fellow, and although I'm a little tired of him, I can't watch him die like this." Catherine looked at Arrod in front of her and said to Arold without hesitation, and this situation is indeed a little embarrassing. Running to the bedroom of a male nobleman in the middle of the night, talking about the life and death of her ex-lover.

"Why, why should I save him, he raided me with a group of swordsmen, and it was already extra gracious that I didn't swing my sword and hack him to death on the spot." Arold scoffed and said that he did not want to interfere in the internal affairs of the Earl of Lübeck.

"Actually, Lord Duke, you don't think it's profitable?" Catherine looked at Arrod slyly, and slowly approached him and said, as she walked, Catherine had a pair of bare feet under the hem of her skirt.

"Please stop, Miss Catherine, your trick is ineffective against me." Arold stops Catherine. This chick obviously wants to seduce herself, but Arold is also a mature man with some experience in the flowers, and he knows how to weigh the pros and cons and will not lose the big because of the small.

"Hmph, Lord Duke is really puzzled, so well, what do you want? I feel like I can definitely have exchange value. Catherine snorted and rearranged her open collar, but her skin was as white as milk. Even a glance was enough to amaze at the maturity of her development.

"You can't do what I want." Arold took a sip of cool water, and he shook his head and said to Catherine.

"Say it." Catherine stretched out her slender right hand. Playing with the ends of his beautiful long hair.

"You want to make a deal with me?" Arrod looked at the girl in front of him amusedly, he didn't believe that Catherine had the ability to achieve her wishes.

"Lord Duke, don't you even dare to say what you want?" Catherine's brow furrowed slightly, she didn't like to be belittled by others.

"Hehe, okay, I want Lübeck, can you give it to me?" Arrod stood up. Putting down the glass of water in his hand, he walked over to Catherine and said to him, and his figure gradually shrouded above Catherine in the light of the lamp.

"Want Lübeck?" Catherine took a light breath and involuntarily took a few steps back, she didn't expect Arrode's ambition to be so huge.

"How? Can you bring Lübeck to me? Arold looked at Catherine like a frightened fawn and said with a smug smile.

"Hmph. You're kidding me. Catherine stomped her foot angrily, and turned to leave Arrode's bedroom.

"Remember, this deal will work until noon tomorrow." Arold looked at Catherine as she left her bedroom and added.

He really wanted to get Lübeck, Lübeck not only had a good port but also adjacent to Mecklenburg, as long as he took Lübeck, Arold's territory would be connected, but in his own planning, he had to go through some calculations, and even planned how to use force to take Lübeck without alarming other lords, but Arold was also worried that he would provoke many independent lords and get into trouble for himself, so he did not dare to act.

"Ping-pong." Arold's door was slammed shut by Catherine, leaving Arold alone in the bedroom, Arold yawned and could finally rest quietly, he didn't expect Catherine to really help him take Lübeck.

Early the next morning, Arrod's entourage began to pack their bags and prepare to leave, and there was still a long way to go to Arry, when Arold came to the lord's hall to prepare for his leave, he felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and the courtiers of the Earl of Lübeck in the hall seemed to have something big going on.

"What's going on?" Arold muttered in his heart, and he was followed by Osvid and Harun, and when Arold walked into the hall, the eyes of the courtiers looked at them, and they were not very friendly.

"Lord Duke, I heard that Mecklenburg has a plan to annex Lübeck, is that so?" The military governor of the Earl of Lübeck stepped out and questioned Arold loudly.

"Huh?" Arold's footsteps stopped, he looked at the location of the Earl of Lübeck, and saw the Count of Lübeck sitting on the seat with a stern face, and the person standing next to him was Catherine with a smug face, and Arold couldn't help but scold Xiao Bichi in his heart.

"Lord Duke, please answer our doubts head-on." The military governor of the Earl of Lübeck walked into Arold and said.

"Bold, what is your identity? Dare to question the Duke. Auswid and Harlan stood in front of Arrod, and they shouted at the Earl of Lübeck's military pipes.

"This is Lübeck, your feet are on our home, you are just guests." The military governor of the Earl of Lübeck raised his chin and said proudly to Osvid and Harun.

"Hahaha, please don't get excited, I don't know where exactly you heard this rumor, it's complete nonsense." Arold laughed and parted Auswid from Harlan, and said to the military governor of the Earl of Lübeck.

"It is the niece of the noble Earl who sued us." Said the military governor of the Earl of Lübeck.

"Where did you hear that?" Arrod asked with a calm face.

"It was the servants who heard you say as they passed by the door of your room." Catherine said to Arold.

"Well, Miss Catherine, you didn't just say that." Listening to Catherine's words, the military governor of the Count of Lübeck was taken aback.

"Oh, so it's just a rumor that some of the nobles are chewing on their tongues, and there is not even a single witness with identity, and the courtiers of Lord Count Lübeck are going to question a duke?" Arrod pursed his lips, he spread his hands and turned his body, and said loudly to the courtiers in the hall.

"Not that." The courtiers of the Earl of Lübeck began to talk about it, and it was indeed an insult to question a duke with rumors.

"This kind of insult to my reputation is enough to cause a war, how can the county of Lübeck have the determination to wage a war with the Duchy of Mecklenburg?" Arold stood in the middle of the hall, his hands on his waist and said loudly.

"War, oh no, that's not what I want." When he heard that the Duchy of Mecklenburg had plans to annex him, the Count of Lübeck, who had always attached importance to his independence, summoned his courtiers in a hurry, but he did not expect that things would become uncontrollable.

"Ha, I see, in fact, Lübeck doesn't want to be friendly with the Duchy of Mecklenburg at all, so think about it, those swordsmen in the woods also ambushed the assassins in advance?" Arold immediately asked unforgivingly.

"No, no, no, it's not like this, Lord Duke, please calm your anger." The Earl of Lübeck hurriedly jumped down from his seat, and he came to Arold in a panic and stammered.

"It is very strict to insult a duke's reputation in public, and I can even claim your title on this ground, Your Lordship." Arold squinted his eyes and looked at the panicked Earl of Lübeck, how could the county of Lübeck be Mecklenburg's opponent, what Arold lacked was really just an excuse.

"Don't do this, for God's sake, don't we, my lord, all of us be devout Christians, aren't we?" The Earl of Lübeck swallowed, and he stammered to Arrod's plea.

"Well, but I've been warmly entertained by Lord Earl in Lübeck these days, and I'm sure you didn't mean to." Arold suddenly laughed, and he reached out and patted the Earl's shoulder and said.

"That's right, Lübeck and the Duchy of Mecklenburg are good neighbors." The Count of Lübeck breathed a sigh of relief.

"However, there must be compensation for insulting me, so please give up your independence and become my vassal, and I promise that the Duchy of Mecklenburg will be the strong backing of your family and will always protect the rights of you and your rightful heirs." Arold leaned the shoulders of the Count of Loulübeck and said to the count, who was crying and sad. (To be continued......)